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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports transformation of Serbian police high school into training Centre
Publishing date: 15 March 2006
BELGRADE, 15 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Amb. Hans Ola Urstad, today welcomed the decision of the Serbian Interior Ministry to transform the Police school in Sremska Kamenica into a Basic Police Training Centre...
OSCE's election watchdog body concerned at further election-related arrests in Belarus
Publishing date: 2 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Policing
WARSAW, 2 March 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned about recent election-related events in Belarus, where a presidential candidate, his supporters and four civic activists have been detained...
OSCE voices concern over course of investigation of murdered Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 2 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Policing
BAKU, 2 March 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Maurizio Pavesi, today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to take all necessary steps in order to bring those responsible for the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov to justice as...
OSCE Mission distributes human rights booklet to aid Kosovo Police Service
Publishing date: 9 February 2006
PRISTINA, 9 February 2006- At a ceremony today at the Kosovo Police Service Headquarters, the OSCE Mission handed out a human rights booklet that will help KPS officers to enforce the law while also protecting the rights and freedoms of the people...
Irish official named new OSCE Senior Police Adviser
Publishing date: 1 February 2006
VIENNA, 1 February 2006- The OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, announced today the appointment of Kevin Carty from Ireland as the Organization's new Senior Police Advisor...
OSCE Chairman welcomes stepped-up fight against organized crime by authorities in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
BRUSSELS, 24 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman De Gucht has welcomed the opening of a new department for the prosecution of criminal perpetrators in the area of organized crime and corruption within the Public Prosecution Office in Skopje...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports improvement of police oversight mechanism
Publishing date: 22 December 2005
SKOPJE, 22 December, 2005- Improvements to the national police oversight mechanism and the need for an independent external oversight body, fully consistent with European standards, were among the recommendations in a recent report by the OSCE...